Using ActiveX controls in Web

[rrrusss]

Hi,
We are planning to use some Microsoft Activex controls (like Tree view) over the web and I would like to know the issues and draw-backs of using them over the web
- I know Security and Safety is the main concern of using Activex controls over the web,since it's from Microsoft authorized controls this is not an issue in our case
- Secondly the download to User's m/c is another issue
since it's for private customers and as well as it is a one time download this is not of big concern either in our case
- thirdly most of the controls are browser dependent and some of them won't work in Netscape
Since we are targetting only IE this is not a concern either

Other than these concerns I would like to know how will it affect the performance over the web,is there any issues and over-heads related using them over the web
and in terms of using client-side memory and prrocessing

Thanks in advance!

[JHamilton]

It looks to me as if you've already considered everything that would be an issue.

Since ActiveX is on the client side, performance is dependent on the client's cpu and memory. I think the hit would be negligible. If you are using common controls, the chance that there will be a download is remote. All modern Windows machines have Treeview on them already.

I think the only performance hit you'll see will be from your scripting.

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